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Appointment General Management

Craig Bond has been appointed as Vice President of Operations at Oakwood Asia Pacific

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Singapore, Singapore
Craig Bond
Oakwood Asia Pacific, which manages luxury serviced apartments across the globe, has scored a major coup by appointing Craig Bond as Vice President of Operations. In the role, Bond will have responsibility for a portfolio of 11 Oakwood-branded serviced apartments currently operating in the region, as well as several in various stages of development. Bond will report to Dean Schreiber, Oakwood Asia Pacific’s Managing Director and will be based out of the head office in Singapore. In his more than 25 years of tourism and hospitality management experience, of which the last decade was spent in group operations and regional management roles, Bond has accumulated a track record of substantial contribution in driving and implementing business development strategies to maximize market share and revenue, exceeding customer service benchmarks, building operational expertise and structures, processes and systems to optimize performance and efficiencies. His successes saw him win the title of Australian General Manager of the Year at the 2010 HM Awards for Hotel and Accommodation Excellence. In 2013 Bond received a Highly Commended in the category of Australasian Hotelier of the Year at the HM Awards for his role as area general manager, Oceania at Pan Pacific Hotels Group. Bond’s most recent appointment was Area General Manager – Oceania for Pan Pacific Hotels Group where he was responsible for the financial performance and operations structure of the Group’s hotels in Oceania, as well as developing efficiencies and synergies as the Group continued to grow its presence within Oceania. Prior to that, he spent more than five years with Mirvac Hotels and Resorts where he was the Regional General Manager for 11 properties. His other roles included General Manager of The Sebel and Citigate Albert Park Melbourne where he successfully managed a multi-million dollar refurbishment and repositioned the property as one of Australia’s top conference and event venues during the 2008 global financial crisis. Bond’s role is one of two regional operations roles, with Martin Fluck leading operations for North Asia, based out of Tokyo.
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Oakwood, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mapletree Investments, is a leading brand in hospitality management. A pioneer of the extended stay segment, Oakwood manages a global portfolio of award-winning properties that combine the s pace and comfort of a private residence with the thoughtful services and amenities of a hotel, ideal for both short and extended stays.